Amanda remains a common girls' name (#493 in 2025), down from a peak of #2 in 1980.
Amanda is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #493 for girl births in the United States (and #1,008 across all names), given to 601 babies — 631 including U.S. territories. Amanda was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1987 (41,786 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 601 | 631 | #493 | — |
| 2024 | 621 | 658 | #495 | — |
| 2023 | 636 | 702 | #483 | — |
| 2022 | 691 | 751 | #459 | — |
| 2021 | 660 | 736 | #474 | — |
| 2020 | 695 | 777 | #444 | — |
| 2019 | 770 | 867 | #405 | — |
| 2018 | 855 | 954 | #368 | — |
| 2017 | 968 | 1,120 | #335 | — |
| 2016 | 1,005 | 1,169 | #326 | — |
| 2015 | 1,034 | 1,225 | #313 | — |
| 2014 | 1,060 | 1,322 | #310 | — |
| 2013 | 1,076 | 1,323 | #297 | — |
| 2012 | 1,236 | 1,444 | #262 | — |
| 2011 | 1,418 | 1,596 | #224 | #12,380 |
| 2010 | 1,664 | 1,882 | #188 | — |
| 2009 | 1,963 | 2,205 | #165 | — |
| 2008 | 2,451 | 2,682 | #137 | — |
| 2007 | 3,057 | 3,284 | #111 | #10,994 |
| 2006 | 3,372 | 3,600 | #100 | #7,452 |
| 2005 | 4,108 | 4,316 | #79 | #7,658 |
| 2004 | 4,716 | 4,901 | #67 | #4,426 |
| 2003 | 5,363 | 5,555 | #54 | #7,264 |
| 2002 | 6,152 | 6,270 | #46 | #8,492 |
| 2001 | 6,991 | 7,117 | #39 | #6,031 |
| 2000 | 8,569 | 8,704 | #32 | #5,937 |
| 1999 | 9,765 | 9,924 | #22 | #4,546 |
| 1998 | 10,942 | 11,075 | #19 | #4,659 |
| 1997 | 12,267 | — | #16 | #3,065 |
| 1996 | 14,004 | — | #13 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 16,386 | — | #9 | #2,400 |
| 1994 | 18,760 | — | #8 | #1,980 |
| 1993 | 20,846 | — | #8 | #2,209 |
| 1992 | 25,090 | — | #3 | #1,677 |
| 1991 | 28,952 | — | #4 | #1,546 |
| 1990 | 34,509 | — | #4 | #1,086 |
| 1989 | 36,968 | — | #4 | #870 |
| 1988 | 39,581 | — | #3 | #858 |
| 1987 | 41,909 | — | #3 | #844 |
| 1986 | 40,661 | — | #3 | #800 |
| 1985 | 39,198 | — | #4 | #741 |
| 1984 | 34,024 | — | #4 | #840 |
| 1983 | 33,852 | — | #3 | #863 |
| 1982 | 34,322 | — | #3 | #854 |
| 1981 | 34,472 | — | #3 | #890 |
| 1980 | 35,897 | — | #2 | #967 |
| 1979 | 32,035 | — | #3 | #826 |
| 1978 | 20,599 | — | #6 | #969 |
| 1977 | 18,340 | — | #9 | #1,100 |
| 1976 | 15,655 | — | #10 | #1,011 |
| 1975 | 12,702 | — | #14 | #1,282 |
| 1974 | 7,498 | — | #34 | #1,834 |
| 1973 | 5,644 | — | #51 | #2,129 |
| 1972 | 4,192 | — | #76 | #2,824 |
| 1971 | 4,141 | — | #84 | #2,974 |
| 1970 | 3,556 | — | #108 | #2,894 |
| 1969 | 2,830 | — | #122 | #2,219 |
| 1968 | 2,437 | — | #132 | #3,686 |
| 1967 | 2,672 | — | #131 | #2,355 |
| 1966 | 2,339 | — | #148 | #2,989 |
| 1965 | 1,654 | — | #201 | #3,944 |
| 1964 | 1,276 | — | #245 | — |
| 1963 | 1,037 | — | #283 | #4,061 |
| 1962 | 948 | — | #300 | — |
| 1961 | 1,056 | — | #283 | — |
| 1960 | 978 | — | #296 | — |
| 1959 | 858 | — | #317 | — |
| 1958 | 791 | — | #335 | — |
| 1957 | 670 | — | #351 | — |
| 1956 | 639 | — | #346 | — |
| 1955 | 453 | — | #415 | — |
| 1954 | 428 | — | #419 | — |
| 1953 | 427 | — | #418 | — |
| 1952 | 421 | — | #414 | #3,753 |
| 1951 | 409 | — | #411 | — |
| 1950 | 380 | — | #410 | — |
| 1949 | 333 | — | #434 | — |
| 1948 | 306 | — | #457 | — |
| 1947 | 310 | — | #464 | — |
| 1946 | 273 | — | #476 | — |
| 1945 | 280 | — | #425 | — |
| 1944 | 237 | — | #467 | — |
| 1943 | 284 | — | #439 | — |
| 1942 | 295 | — | #416 | — |
| 1941 | 223 | — | #468 | — |
| 1940 | 218 | — | #453 | — |
| 1939 | 185 | — | #491 | — |
| 1938 | 192 | — | #479 | — |
| 1937 | 176 | — | #496 | — |
| 1936 | 192 | — | #465 | — |
| 1935 | 213 | — | #442 | — |
| 1934 | 189 | — | #468 | — |
| 1933 | 200 | — | #464 | — |
| 1932 | 213 | — | #452 | — |
| 1931 | 209 | — | #445 | — |
| 1930 | 196 | — | #478 | — |
| 1929 | 209 | — | #455 | — |
| 1928 | 247 | — | #431 | — |
| 1927 | 234 | — | #454 | — |
| 1926 | 311 | — | #388 | — |
| 1925 | 309 | — | #390 | — |
| 1924 | 341 | — | #369 | — |
| 1923 | 362 | — | #347 | — |
| 1922 | 341 | — | #353 | — |
| 1921 | 392 | — | #332 | — |
| 1920 | 379 | — | #335 | — |
| 1919 | 379 | — | #326 | — |
| 1918 | 397 | — | #320 | — |
| 1917 | 445 | — | #292 | — |
| 1916 | 421 | — | #292 | — |
| 1915 | 412 | — | #287 | — |
| 1914 | 375 | — | #268 | — |
| 1913 | 346 | — | #251 | — |
| 1912 | 310 | — | #254 | — |
| 1911 | 280 | — | #234 | — |
| 1910 | 278 | — | #229 | — |
| 1909 | 271 | — | #212 | — |
| 1908 | 260 | — | #208 | — |
| 1907 | 285 | — | #190 | — |
| 1906 | 260 | — | #190 | — |
| 1905 | 311 | — | #168 | — |
| 1904 | 294 | — | #169 | — |
| 1903 | 247 | — | #185 | — |
| 1902 | 301 | — | #164 | — |
| 1901 | 317 | — | #155 | — |
| 1900 | 377 | — | #154 | — |
| 1899 | 331 | — | #144 | #1,056 |
| 1898 | 371 | — | #137 | — |
| 1897 | 354 | — | #136 | — |
| 1896 | 367 | — | #129 | — |
| 1895 | 431 | — | #115 | — |
| 1894 | 418 | — | #112 | — |
| 1893 | 387 | — | #113 | — |
| 1892 | 455 | — | #102 | — |
| 1891 | 371 | — | #105 | — |
| 1890 | 392 | — | #104 | — |
| 1889 | 413 | — | #97 | — |
| 1888 | 404 | — | #97 | — |
| 1887 | 338 | — | #96 | — |
| 1886 | 370 | — | #91 | — |
| 1885 | 339 | — | #90 | — |
| 1884 | 337 | — | #92 | — |
| 1883 | 287 | — | #94 | — |
| 1882 | 288 | — | #91 | — |
| 1881 | 263 | — | #87 | — |
| 1880 | 241 | — | #89 | — |